297 in the "Online Catalog"), the abbreviated ledger entry was correctly associated with Neale's anonymously authored History in 2010 by Peter Norberg and Steven Olsen-Smith.Įrased and unerased marginalia in the copy resemble Melville's style of marking and exist alongside subject matter treated by Melville in Billy Budd, Sailor, which was left unfinished at his death in 1891. For his memberships with the library early and late in his career, see the Introduction to the "Online Catalog of Books and Documents Owned, Borrowed and Consulted by Herman Melville." Up to now mis-identified by scholars (see Sealts No. This copy of William Johnson Neale's History of the Mutiny at Spithead and the Nore was borrowed by Herman Melville from May 31 to June 13, 1890, as revealed by an entry in the alphabetical ledger of the New York Society Library. Documentary Note on Attributed Marginalia in William Johnson Neale's History of the Mutiny at Spithead and the Nore.
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